ZA Extreme Security & IE 8

Hi y'all:
I'm having problems with my pc accepting downloads from Microsoft and Adobe. After researching Microsoft and not finding any similar problem in their community list, I figure I'd come to ZA.
Let me tell you first what I have:

With regard to Adobe, here is the error message I'm receiving when I attempt to install their download:
Error 1402: Could not open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\Optional Components\IMAIL. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personel.

In reading the ZA community posts, it appears as if ZA has released version 10. My system is set to receive automatic updates, so I'm left to wonder if my problem has anything to do with my not having ZA Version 10. (My subscription is paid and up-to-date, so that's not a problem.)

I would greatly appreciate some thoughts or suggestions on this. I ran the free analysis of PC Health Advisor and it said I had 348 problems with my registry, but I hesitated to purchase the software because 348 problems seems a bit extreme. Also I tried to download the MS updates directly from Microsoft, but they failed as well.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my problem. I very much appreciate your help.
All good wishes,
Phyllis

Last edited by pkwrites; July 4th, 2011 at 08:59 PM.
Reason: updated information